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• Who’s lying? MI5 says: “We warned US of underwear bomber” Obama says not so; why believe him?

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 178
  Somebody is lying and Obama has a history of it. The British MI5 says that in 2008 it forwarded a dosier on Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to American Intelligence. Since it is hard to believe Obama about anything, it’s likely the underwear bombers was known to us long before he tried to attack an American airplane. A UK ...
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• Nigerian bomber preached peace before trying to blow up Detroit-bound flight

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Sanaa, Jan. 3 (ANI): Hours before heading for his mission to blow up the Detroit-bound Flight 253 on Christmas Day with 289 people aboard, Nigerian bomber Umar Abdulmutallab cleaned his flat spotlessly neat, prayed loudly and pretended to be wanting world peace, his flatmates have revealed.“His room was unusually ...
  4 days ago

• The Tipping Point in Iran

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 178
  When millions of peaceful demonstrators took to the streets of big Iranian cities in June to protest what was widely assumed to be a stolen election, many in the West wondered whether the movement had the will and vision to sustain itself. Apologists for the regime here in America and in Iran dismissed the democratic ...
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• Accused Pakistani Christian Says Muslims Tried to Coerce Him

  
  Particular Baptist Kev's Random Thoughts — Authority: 137
  Freed on bail, Naveed Masih on trial for killing Muslim in Islamist attack on Gojra.LAHORE, Pakistan, December 29 (CDN) — A Pakistani Christian accused of killing a Muslim during the Aug. 1 Islamist attack on Christians in Gojra said he was arrested and tortured only because he was a key witness of the mob assault ...
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• Al Qaeda not in Nigeria: Muslim leaders

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Abuja, Dec 31 (DPA) Muslim leaders in Nigeria have denied allegations that the international terrorist network Al Qaeda is active in the country, media reports said Wednesday.Islamic clerics interviewed by Abuja newspaper the Daily Trust said the 23-year-old Nigerian who attempted to blow up an Airbus flight from ...
  1 week ago

• My problem with this latest terrorist attack

  
  Where's the Outrage? — Authority: 440
  From its earliest creation, the no-fly list has been problematic at best. I don’t know how you get on this list. I also have no idea how you get off the list. It remains unclear who checks the list to make sure the people who are on this list should be on it. From my standpoint, I really don’t care who is in ...
  1 week ago

• Achieving ‘Peace on Earth’

  
  Watch your favorite videos on the internet. — Authority: 180
  As terrorism continues throughout the world, its clear that achieving Peace on Earth remains elusive. But as John Blackstone reports, three Clerics of different faiths have teamed up to chase this goal.
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• Protests Spread, While Growing Larger And More Violent

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 178
  After three decades, the revolution is returning. Back the government of the Shah was corrupt and unpopular, and the small businessmen and clerics supported widespread discontent, which evolved into massive demonstrations that the security forces were not willing to put down with force. Its different this time, in ...
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• Birmingham: Opposition to Saudi imams

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 512
  If Saudi clerics are sincerely opposed to al-Qaeda, is this enough to make them role models? An instructive row has broken out between the Quilliam Foundation, British Muslims for Secular Democracy, humanists, and progressive rabbis on the one hand, and the Green Lanes Mosque in Birmingham, over a couple of ...
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• The Significance of Today’s Events

  
  niacINsight — Authority: 485
    The hardline newspaper Kayhan reported that there were "a maximum of 5000" in the crowd mourning Montazeris death. (h/t enduringamerica.com)   Today clearly breathed new life into Iran’s opposition movement. Opposition leaders Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi both took the risk and attended ...
  2 weeks ago

• Terrorism is not jihad, it’s fasaad, say Pak clerics

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Khar (Pakistan), Dec. 21 (ANI): Hundreds of clerics in Pakistan’s Bajaur agency have declared that the ongoing militancy in the country is “not jihad.” Issuing an edict at a gathering in Laghrai, at least 120 clerics said the ongoing militancy is not jihad but fasaad [unlawful warfare], which was condemnable, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Making Memories of HOSSEIN ALI MONTAZERI (1922- 2009)

  
  WERI CHANNEL — Authority: 118
      “He didn’t fear expressing his views, critical of the current supreme leader or the policies of the government” said Baqer Moin,Iranian journalist and author .     Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri died on the night of Saturday 19, December 2009 . He was 87 years Old . Hossein Ali Montazeri was one ...
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• The Mad Mullah Is Dead

  
  Vancouver Secrets — Authority: 135
  TEHRAN, Iran — Grandson of Iran’s senior dissident cleric says Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri is dead. The BBC pays Homage: One of Iran’s most prominent dissident clerics, Grand Ayatollah Hoseyn Ali Montazeri, has died aged 87. “Hoseyn Ali Montazeri passed away in his home last night,” ...
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• Joys of Muslim Women

  
  Thoughts Of A Conservative Christian — Authority: 451
  Joys of Muslim Women by Nonie Darwish ________________________________ In the Muslim faith a Muslim man can marry a child as young as 1 year oldand have sexual intimacy with this child. Consummating the marriage by 9. The dowry is given to the family in exchange for the woman (who becomes his slave) and for the ...
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• Rafsanjani stripped of titles by state media

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 512
  TEHRAN: Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, once widely known as Iran’s number two man, has had his religious and political titles reduced by the Islamic republic’s official news agency after stinging attacks from several high–ranking hardline clerics. Mr Rafsanjani, a former president, powerful cleric and ...
  3 weeks ago

• No talks with ‘liars’ Taliban till they lay down their arms: Malik

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Islamabad, Dec. 16 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that the Taliban is eager to hold talks with the government and is sending messages from various sources in this regard.Malik, however, said that the extremists should first lay down their arms in order to start a dialogue.“The government can ...
  3 weeks ago

• Bishops press Senate on abortion (Politico)

  
  enUws — Authority: 171
  Politico – Catholic clerics write senators urging last minute language blocking taxpayer money for abortions. Excerpt from: (Politico)"> (Politico)">Bishops press Senate on abortion (Politico)
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• Pak has rejected Taliban chief’s offer for dialogue four times: Malik

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Lahore, Dec. 13 (ANI): Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik has claimed that Islamabad has rejected Pak Taliban chief Hakeemullah Mehsud’s offer for dialogue at least four times.The Daily Times quoted Malik, as saying that there would be no talks with the Taliban until it agrees to fully abjure violence.Malik ...
  3 weeks ago

• Taliban’s indoctrination ‘jannat’ featuring maidens of paradise uncovered in Waziristan

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Peshawar, Dec. 12 (ANI): Pakistan security personnel have discovered a Taliban four-room ‘jannat’ (heaven), which was used by the insurgents to brainwash young suicide bombers.According to a statement released by the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), during search and combing operations in South Waziristan, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Separating “Sex Workers” from Climate Prostitutes

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 178
  In Copenhagen this week, it will be difficult to distinguish the sex workers from the climate clergy, as sleek limos prowl five-star hotels. Members of the “worlds oldest profession” will be trolling for clerics of the worlds newest religion: The vendors of carnal delights fishing for the acolytes of anthropogenic ...
  4 weeks ago

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